title: Mentality and neurosis: evolutionary thinking in cognitive therapy.
abstract: Cognitive therapy includes a variety of methods. There are two main schools, a currently predominant American one, and an earlier European one. They give different emphasis to the concept of the evolution of human cognition. There is agreement on the particular significance of surmounting absolutist thinking.
authors.affiliation: Lippische Nervenklinik, Bad Salzuflen, BRD.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Becker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008606:Mental Processes; D008875:Middle Aged; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D010553:Personality Development; D013850:Thinking; D014481:United States